Incarceration of Divine Demon
Incarceration of Divine Demon
The seven reverends of the Bone Clan all looked displeased. They were ready to strike and eliminate Zhang Ruochen and Blackie, but who knew that the Sunshine Civilization's people would break in right then.
If it had only been Sunshine Tianzi and his men, the Bone Clan's seven reverends would not have taken them seriously even if they numbered in the hundreds.
However, the problem was that the extremely challenging Jinyang Twin Kings were with him, and that caused the seven reverends to feel a bit wary.
Zhang Ruochen also secretly took a measure of the Jinyang Twin Kings. The two were twin brothers, and their minds were one. Any Saint art performed by them would see its power increase exponentially. Anyone facing them would run into a headache.
Under normal circumstances, the Jinyang Twin Kings would have entered the depths of the temple ruins at the fastest speed. They would have gone there to compete with the other top powerhouses for the treasures. Yet, they did not do that and stayed by Sunshine Tianzi's side.
The reason was that Sunshine Tianzi was the divine grandson of the Sunshine Civilization's elder god. He was of noble blood, and his status was extremely venerable.
Also, the Jinyang Twin Kings had been rescued by Sunshine Tianzi's father when they were young. He had taken them in as his disciples and raised them with all his might. That was a great boon.
Therefore, the Jinyang Twin Kings had made an oath to protect Sunshine Tianzi and help him become the new lord of the Sunshine Civilization.
The ruins of the Shenlong Temple were treacherous, and even though Sunshine Tianzi was surrounded by many guards, the Jinyang Twin Kings were still worried.
If something were to happen to Sunshine Tianzi, they would not be able to explain it to the latter's father and the elder god.
Sunshine Tianzi took a step forward and loudly said, "The treasures here belong to the Sunshine Civilization. If you don't want to die, vacate this place immediately."
With the Jinyang Twin Kings beside him, Sunshine Tianzi was full of confidence as he looked on at Zhang Ruochen and the Bone Clan's seven reverends with disdain.
Very cooperatively, the Twin Kings released a powerful aura, and behind them, a golden divine sun appeared on each of their backs. A majestic force formed, and the moment it appeared, it caused the hidden space to quake.
At the same time, the other dozen Saint Kings from the Sunshine Civilization quickly moved into formation as their killing intent surged. They were ready to strike at any moment.
They were the Royal Guard of the Sunshine Civilization's Tianzi, and they were all above the realm of a Seven-step Saint King. They had cultivated a powerful battle formation that could rival the top powerhouses of the Nine-step Saint King realm.
"You dare to threaten me? You think just because the Jinyang Twin Kings are around, I can't do anything to you?"
The Eight-armed Reverend bellowed, his body exuding a strong murderous intent.
Sunshine Tianzi's pupils shrank, and his scalp was numb as his body felt like it was about to rupture. He took two steps back involuntarily.
Seeing this, Zhang Ruochen could not help but silently shake his head. For him to be unable to withstand the killing intent released by the Eight-armed Reverend, Sunshine Tianzi's mind and will were really ordinary.
"Insolence!"
The Jinyang Twin Kings roared, and the power of the two combined formed a terrifying golden light that slashed at the Eight-armed Reverend.
The golden light was extremely sharp and there was nothing it could not destroy as it appeared before the Eight-armed Reverend in an instant.
The Eight-armed Reverend reacted very quickly and instantly took out a shield hundreds of feet tall and placed it before him.
The shield was a top-level sacred artifact, and spurred by the power of darkness, 120,000 inscription patterns suddenly appeared on the surface, forming a powerful defense.
Crack!
The massive shield could not withstand the golden light and instantly shattered in the middle.
When the golden light penetrated the shield, its power had already been drastically reduced, and was not able to cause any harm to the Eight-armed Reverend.
At this instant, the other six reverends of the Bone Clan moved together and gathered around the Eight-Armed Reverend. Majestic dark auras appeared from their body, forming a tide of darkness that shook the space.
"Raaawrrr!"
The Eight-armed Reverend let out a series of roars as a dark light flew out from one of the bones and transformed into a darkgold staff.
Spurred by the seven reverends' power of darkness, many arcane patterns appeared on the surface of the darkgold staff as a series of supreme powers were unleashed. It was as if they trying to poke a big hole in the sky.
The Jinyang Twin King's eyes turned serious as they let their powers communicate and offered an ancient golden tripod cauldron.
The ancient golden tripod cauldron vibrated, exuding a strong ancient rhythm as it bloomed with brilliant golden light. The pattern of a golden crow emerged clearly and then flew out of the cauldron.
Clang!
The darkgold staff quickly extended and smashed brutally onto the golden tripod cauldron.
For a time, two completely different supreme powers collided violently like two stars crashing into each other, unleashing a world-destroying impact.
A torrent of destruction made out of intertwining black and gold swept straight towards Zhang Ruochen and Blackie.
"They don't want to leave us alone huh?"
Zhang Ruochen thought and instantly summoned the Zangshan Demonic Mirror.
The Zangshan Demonic Mirror was quickly roused, and it released dense Demonic Qi as phantoms of ancient and majestic demonic mountains appeared.
Baaammm!
The phantoms of the demonic mountains collapsed one after another, and the torrent of destruction too was quickly annihilated.
After this round of fierce clash, the seven reverends of the Bone Clan and the Jinyang Twin Kings were able to find out the strength of the other party, and it was impossible for them to wipe out the other side in a short period of time.
If the two were to fight to hell and back, and both sides were ruined by the fight, would that not lead to Zhang Ruochen taking advantage of the situation? After all, Zhang Ruochen's reputation was one of absolute ruthlessness, and they were quite wary about him.
They stopped fighting and cast their gazes at Celestial Demon Mountain.
It was strange, after taking such an impact, Celestial Demon Mountain still stood strong, and the moment the power approached, it automatically disappeared into nothingness.
On the top of the mountain, a dragon-shaped rune appeared and exuded a faint divine light.
"The Seal Rune."
Suddenly, a look of revelation appeared in everyone's eyes.
The so-called Seal Rune was normally used to seal various treasures, or to seal a very powerful cultivator. But to seal a world, only a talismancy master with very powerful spiritual powers could create it.
Given the complexity of the seal rune on Celestial Demon Mountain, it must have been created by a very powerful spiritual power Supreme Saint using a special power for it to last such a long time.
"I knew it, the treasures collected by the Shenlong Clan are not so easily taken. With the Seal Rune, any force acting on the mountain will have no effect. Beyond the mountain, there is a field that locks down Saint Qi. So, if you want to climb the mountain, you can only rely on your own body."
Immediately, Blackie said telepathically. "Zhang Ruochen, let's climb this mountain quickly. Grab the Demonstone Engraving first, and then find a way to take Celestial Demon Mountain."
Hearing this, Zhang Ruochen did not hesitate as he put away the Zangshan Demonic Mirror and took Blackie along as he transformed into a stream of light and went straight towards the mountain.
Seeing this, the Eight-armed reverend swung the darkgold staff toward Zhang Ruochen.
Sadly, he was a step too slow as the Seal Rune bloomed in divine light. It shackling the darkgold staff and prevented it from striking Zhang Ruochen.
"Don't even bother thinking about it."
Seeing that they were unable to stop Zhang Ruochen, the seven Bone Clan reverends all darted forth and instantly came to the foot of Celestial Demon Mountain.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen had already started climbing the mountain, but the field covering the mountain was extremely powerful, as if a mountain was pressing on him, greatly affecting his climbing speed.
As Blackie had said, if one were to climb Celestial Demon Mountain, one could only rely on their own physical strength. Their Saint Souls had to be strong enough too, or else they would not be able to withstand such a level of oppressive pressure.
In other words, only top-level elites can hope to climb the mountain, while the weak can only look up from its foot.
"Quick, seize the treasures at the top of the mountain."
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen and the Bone Clan reverends had already started the climb, a look of urgency appeared in Sunshine Tianzi's eyes.
The Jinyang Twin Kings did not say anything as they put away the tripod cauldron and quickly rushed forward.
Celestial Demon Mountain was tens of thousands of feet high, and it would not be an easy task for anyone who wanted to climb to the top.
Zhang Ruochen was the first to make his move, and he was now in the lead as he had climbed thousands of feet in a blink of an eye.
"There are words on the mountain."
Blackie stood on Zhang Ruochen's shoulder, its eyes suddenly lit up.
Hearing this, Zhang Ruochen could not help but look at the direction Blackie was pointing at. Sure enough, he saw many special characters written in the seal script of the Middle Ages.
Looking quickly at the words, a glint appeared in Zhang Ruochen's eyes. "This is a Ghost-level Demonic Cultivation technique."
For a cultivation technique to be engraved onto the mountain, this was something beyond his expectations, especially when this grade was not low.
"There's more above." Blackie wore a look of surprise.
Zhang Ruochen was agile like an ape as he quickly climbed up the mountain, and soon came to another spot with text engraved onto it.
Sure enough, what was engraved there was also another Demonic Cultivation technique and it was similarly a Ghost-level technique, but was far more arcane than the one below.
As he continued the climb, Zhang Ruochen saw a series of five different Demonic cultivation techniques, each was of the Ghost-level, but each was more arcane than the other.
What he saw was only one side of the mountain, and it was very likely that different Demonic cultivation techniques were also engraved on the other three sides.
"Although these techniques are different, they are basically the same, and should be created by comprehending the same Demonstone Engraving." Zhang Ruochen then realized.
One more thing was certain, that these techniques should have been created by the same person.
It was a pity that these techniques could only be cultivated to the realm of a Saint King, and the subsequent ones had not yet been created.
However, to be able to create so many Saint King-realm, Ghost-level cultivation techniques in itself was already extremely rare, and it was absolutely impossible for any ordinary person to accomplish.
If a cultivator that cultivated the same Demonstone Engraving was to get his hands on these techniques, he would definitely be ecstatic.
In fact, there were not many sects that had techniques that spanned the Supreme Saint-realm. A technique that could be cultivated to Saint King-realm was enough to be used as the pillar technique of many sects.
In particular, these techniques were all Ghost-level, and their value immeasurable. In the eyes of many cultivators, these were all extremely precious.
After all, techniques that equal or exceeded King-level were extremely rare, all of them were secrets of top factions, and ordinary people will never have any chance to come in touch with them.
Anyone would want to cultivate top-level cultivation techniques as the quality of the technique will directly affect the speed of one's cultivation and the level one will ultimately reach.
If one was to cultivate to the level of a Supreme Saint, the techniques they cultivated must at least be Ghost-level.
Zhang Ruochen just looked around casually and did not mind it too much. The Scripture of Emperor Ming's Empyrean that he had cultivated was hundred, nay, thousands of times better than these techniques.
Continuing on, Zhang Ruochen saw another series of words, and this time they were not only limited to cultivation techniques but also Saint arts. He saw low-level Saint arts at first, followed by intermediate-level ones as he went on.
"The Demonstone Engravings sure are deep and arcane, containing the true meanings of the Demonic Path. Different people can comprehend different demonic techniques and Saint arts from it," Zhang Ruochen said to himself in amazement.
As for that ancient god that had left behind the Demonstone Engraving, Zhang Ruochen was full of admiration for him. He could not fathom to what unimaginable level had that great god cultivated the Demonic Path to.
Finally, Zhang Ruochen approached the top of the mountain and was already able to see the Demonstone Engraving through the thick Demonic Qi.
"It's the Demonic Incarceration Portrait, the Demonic Incarceration Portrait!"
For a time, Blackie was abnormally excited.
The Demonstone Engraving on the top of the mountain was a supreme demon god, standing in the universe and stepping upon hell under his feet.
Stepping on hell, and looking at the universe, what domineering aura it was. Anyone who saw it could not help but be in awe. They even wanted to bow down in worship.
"It turned out to be that legendary Demonic Incarceration Portrait! No wonder the Shenlong Clan kept it so well." A glint kept on flashing in Zhang Ruochen's eyes.
There were 36 pieces of the Demonstone Engravings, which may look the same, but one of them was the most special as its condensation of demonic aura was the strongest, and it was this particular Demonic Incarceration Portrait.
From ancient times until now, there were scant few cultivators of the Demonic Incarceration Portrait, and those who managed to cultivate it were even rarer.
The reason was that the Demonic Incarceration Portrait's conception was just too strong, and most people cannot even look at it for a long time, much less concentrating to comprehend it.
Most of those who had managed to cultivate the Demonic Incarceration Portrait done it through its rubbings.
In fact, the demonic techniques they had comprehended were far different from the true engraving. It was difficult to get a glimpse of its true meaning.
"In any case, we cannot let this Demonstone Engraving fall into the hands of the Infernal Court and the Sunshine Civilization," Blackie seriously said.
The Demonstone Engravings was one of the six great tomes of the Kunlun Realm and was the most important inheritance. It was also the foundation for the rise of the Kunlun Realm.
Zhang Ruochen, of course, knew of this and did not hesitate as he tried his best to scale the mountain. He wanted to reach the summit before the Bone Clan reverends and the Jinyang Twin Kings.
One thousand feet, seven hundred feet, five hundred feet... Zhang Ruochen was getting closer and closer to the Demonstone Engraving, but the speed of his climb was also slowing down.
The closer he got to the peak, the greater the resistance was. Every step he took required a lot of effort, and if he was not careful, he may very well fall down.
In the last hundred feet, a row of stone steps appeared before Zhang Ruochen, leading to the top of the mountain, totaling a hundred steps.
As soon as he took the first step, Zhang Ruochen's body trembled violently, as a terrifying demonic aura rushed towards him.
Zhang Ruochen was firm as he whispered. "Is this a test? I want to see if this can stop me."
At this moment, the seven Bone Clan reverends and the Jinyang Twin Kings all also stepped onto the stone steps.
Zhang Ruochen glanced to his left and right calmly, and did not say anything else as he focused on climbing the stone steps.
Now that everyone was facing the same test, who could first ascend the summit will be the one getting the Demonstone Engraving.
"Damn it! The aura from this Demonstone Engraving has a restraining effect on us Infernal Court cultivators."
Just a few steps in, the seven Bone Clan reverends all stopped and were fuming in frustration.
The aura from the Demonstone Engraving caused them to feel very uncomfortable as their souls trembled, showing faint signs of breaking apart.
If they insisted on climbing, long before they had reached the summit, they would have suffered severe damage and may even lose their lives.
Although they were unwilling, the reverends had no choice but to give up.
Their figures blurring, the seven Bone Clan reverends charged to the bottom of the mountain at extreme speed.
Comparing to climbing the mountain, descending was much easier.
"Let's get rid of that dogsh*t, Sunshine Tianzi first. He pissed me off the moment I saw him."
The seven Bone Clan reverends exuded terrifying murderous intent as they charged at Sunshine Tianzi without warning.
Obviously, they had flames of fury burning in their hearts, and they urgently needed a target to vent.
A look of astonishment appeared in Sunshine Tianzi's eyes as he quickly moved backward.
The guards behind him immediately stepped forward and formed a battle formation, conjuring a golden sun as it bombarded the seven Bone Clan reverends.
"Break!"
The Eight-armed Reverend, borrowing the strength of the other six reverends, swung the darkgold staff and slammed it forward with all his might.
The darkgold staff unleashed terrifying supreme power, and the aura of darkness gushed out like a tide, flooding the battle formation formed by Sunshine Tianzi's guards.
Boom!
The golden sun burst open in an instant, appearing extremely fragile.
The darkgold staff was unstoppable, destroying the battle formation of Sunshine Tianzi's guards with extreme brutality.
"Ugh!"
All of the guards spat out blood and were sent flying.
The golden sun on Sunshine Tianzi's forehead shone brightly and dazzlingly, causing the entire space to bathe in golden light. It was so blinding that it was impossible to open one's eyes.
A brilliant golden sun flew out from Sunshine Tianzi's forehead, unleashing an extremely scorching aura. It caused the temperature of the entire space to rise suddenly as if they were in a sea of fire.
There were ripples in the surrounding space, as if it could not withstand the high temperature from the golden sun, and was about to melt.
With the golden sun's protection, Sunshine Tianzi was able to neutralize the supreme power of the darkgold staff. Plus, he was not heavily wounded like his guards.
"Don't think you can do as you please!"
The Jinyang Twin Kings immediately noticed and roared.
In this situation, they naturally can no longer continue to climb the stone steps, and immediately turned around and charged downwards.
Even when they were still some distance away, the Jinyang Twin Kings had offered out that ancient golden tripod cauldron, spurring its powerful supreme power and blasted at the seven Bone Clan reverends.
Sunshine Tianzi's face was blue as he gritted his teeth and hissed. "You dare to attack me. All of you will die!"
As he said that, Sunshine Tianzi summoned his wounded guards and helped him rouse that golden sun as they launched another attack onto the seven Bone Clan reverends.
The golden sun was refined from the core withered star and contained an incomparably vast power. If it could be fully roused, it was enough to immolate the skies and boil the seas.